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Cost of Living Concerns with 8-10% annual increase in electricity prices to 2030, pushing back renewable energy targets, neglecting essential investments in infrastructure, for a massive misallocation of capital, are major issues for Data Center Buildup of $2-$3 trillion by Tech companies.
11/16/2025
Tech companies are on a binge. But is it good for Society and the Nation? There are many warning signs.
Grouped Articles
What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
Huge mismatch between profits of $20 billion and investment of $400 billion for AI in 2025 and $1.5 trillion in spending to 2028 that is crowding out investments in repairing America's crumbling infrastructure, manufacturing, renewable energy, housing, health, education
11/16/2025
Grouped Articles
The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/2025
Simple maths says the AI investment boom ends badly
Firstlinks 11/15/2025
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/2025
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/2025
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
Expanding Indian ties to the European Union in manufacturing, trade and advanced technologies
03/07/2023
Italy signs a strategic partnership agreement with India. President Scholz of Germany visits India with a business delegation. Siemens plans railway modernization manufacturing plants in India. New aviation sector is being built with French and US assistance and a huge order from Air India. Denmark's Maersk and other Danish companies help build the port logistics in India after a business and trade agreement with Denmark. The European Union joins the US in building a new supply chain based in India to replace one that caused inflation and bottlenecks, and was seen as a security risk with concentration of the supply chain in one country.
Grouped Articles
India, Italy elevate ties to strategic partnership, sign MoU on defence cooperation
The Hindu 03/02/2023
Germany's Scholz in India: What's at stake? – DW – 02/25/2023
dw.com 02/28/2023
On India visit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz drinks tea at a street corner in Delhi
The Hindu 02/27/2023
Siemens partners with India on railway modernization – DW – 02/27/2023
dw.com 02/27/2023
The Hindu 12/04/2022
A Nordic-India connect to power a green transition
The Hindu 02/08/2023
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+European Union
12/09/2021
Grouped Articles
Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/2021
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?
The Times 12/08/2021
Germany's Olaf Scholz pushes for stronger EU, issues warning to Russia | DW | 07.12.2021
DW.COM 12/07/2021
Germany’s Scholz Takes Power After Merkel’s 16-Year Rule
WSJ 12/08/2021
Xi Jinping's vision for China
09/21/2021
Much lower incomes for the 40% of Chinese who live in rural areas, and the worsening inequality during the pandemic with workers losing jobs or on low pay, with China lacking a system of unemployment insurance like the US and EU countries, have created a new urgency for president Xi to tackle these problems. Glaring inequality with IPO's creating new millionaires or billionaires are frowned upon and president Xi personally axed the Ant IPO. After a crackdown on corruption involving about 1 million people, Xi has shifted investment to rural areas to improve conditions of living. State run enterprises are seen as more reliable in achieving Xi's vision of less inequality after the excesses of unregulated capitalist development since 1990.
Grouped Articles
Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision
WSJ 09/20/2021
China Blocked Jack Ma’s Ant IPO After Investigation Revealed Likely Beneficiaries
WSJ 03/20/2021
China’s President Xi Jinping Personally Scuttled Jack Ma’s Ant IPO
WSJ 03/20/2021
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
WSJ 12/10/2020
China Urges New Era of Mass Migration—Back to the Countryside
WSJ 11/17/2020
China Beat Back Covid-19, but It’s Come at a Cost—Growing Inequality
WSJ 10/21/2020
Pope Francis and the call "not to return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the pandemic."
11/27/2020
Two crises back to back in 2010 and 2020 which set back the working class, the middle class and the poor, and the neglect of capital allocation to healthcare, education, infrastructure. Pope Francis calls for a culture that feels others pain, that "gives access to all to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging, and labor." See "Misallocation of Capital" in Top Stories for more coverage.
Grouped Articles
Huawei and British 5G networks
05/25/2020
Grouped Articles
New inquiry into security risk posed by Huawei technology
The Times 05/25/2020
Great American Revival Industry Task Force
04/15/2020
The Trump Business task force has two tasks. How to respond to the economic damage from coronavirus and how to reopen the economy. The president is fine with reopening parts of the economy at a time, with the federal government working together with state governors - the least risk ones going first, the most risk ones coming last done on the advice of health experts. Testing and virus tracking are key issues in reopening the economy with systems that are both efficient and reliable needed for public to have confidence.
Grouped Articles
Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing
WSJ 04/15/2020
Millions of Europeans Are on Paid Leave. Governments Are Picking Up The Tab.
WSJ 04/22/2020
Telemedicine revolutionizing the medical profession in 2020 with coronavirus crisis
03/26/2020
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Virtual Doctors Are Here to Stay
WSJ 03/26/2020
The cloud over Franco-German relations and the European project in 2019
11/30/2019
Grouped Articles
Franco-German Rift Clouds EU’s Future
WSJ 11/28/2019
Infrastructure a top German priority in 2019
08/07/2019
Grouped Articles
Germans Grow Frustrated With Their Slow-Poke Internet
WSJ 08/05/2019
German train passengers get €53 million for delays | DW | 18.02.2019
DW.COM 02/18/2019
Germany agrees €86 billion plan to improve Deutsche Bahn rail network | DW | 26.07.2019
DW.COM 07/26/2019
China's views on the Hong Kong protest movement in August 2019
08/07/2019
Grouped Articles
China Warns Hong Kong It Will Intervene if Situation Deteriorates
WSJ 08/07/2019
Hong Kong Movement That Thrived Without Leaders Veers Out of Control
WSJ 08/14/2019
China's response to the U.S. escalation of tariffs to 25% in May 2019
05/15/2019
Grouped Articles
China Invokes Patriotic Spirit as Trade Fight Escalates
WSJ 05/14/2019
China Could Lose Face, Get Rich From a Trade Deal
WSJ 05/14/2019
Donald Trump warns China he won't back down on trade tariffs
The Guardian 11/27/2018
Here’s how the U.S.-China trade war could end
POLITICO 05/15/2019
How massive overspending on AI data centers to the tune of $1.5 trillion to 2028 is bad for retirees with their savings going into Tech issued corporate bonds with higher risk,not just bad for crowding out investment in vital needs of crumbling infrastructure of the Nation, Manufacturing, Housing, Cost of Living concerns, Renewable Energy.
11/16/2025
Uncertainty over returns, with revenue stream hazy and massive overspending is seen as a danger signal by a wide range of public opinion and experts shown here in Lyrarc.com in November 2025. All other priorities of the Nation are getting crowded out as 5 Tech companies engage in reckless competition at the expense of everybody else.
Grouped Articles
The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/25
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/25
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/25
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
AI responsibilities too great to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists
11/19/2023
No one talks of climate change risks being tackled by a few technology specialists. AI is too big and the risks so great for humanity to be placed on the shoulders of a few computer specialists. Watching Joanna Stern of WSJ interview Sam Altman and Murali Murthi gives the impression that Altman was moving too quickly and Murthi was saying the right things but lacked the experience and capacity to tackle AI's vast responsibilities. This also stems from the fact that what young Stanford and other tech graduates in their early thirties have done in the last 2 decades ends a chapter in America's tech history. AI is an entirely different technology which requires the involvement of major parts of America's whole technological and scientific community and its society, not just a few individuals. This is also the lesson from the pandemic for virus research where not just the Cambridge, Massachusetts community, a government agency and Chinese researchers needed to be involved, but vast parts of America'a health and medicine scientific community and the American public. A million lives were lost in the pandemic in the US alone, and millions all over the world. It is a lesson that should never be forgotten- that technology can get out of control.
Grouped Articles
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI After Board Skirmish
WSJ 11/18/23
Many Details of Sam Altman’s Ouster Are Murky. But Some Things Are Clear.
NYTimes.com 11/18/23
Meet Mira Murati, the Engineer Now Leading OpenAI
NYTimes.com 11/18/23
Sam Altman Is Out at OpenAI; Mira Murati Will Be Interim CEO
WSJ 11/17/23
Escaping the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others
12/29/2021
If and how it is possible to escape the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others, harmful for girls and the young, and to mental health, diversity, and education that leads to upward mobility, is the subject of a WSJ series in 2021.
Grouped Articles
The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/27/21
The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/29/21
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
WSJ 12/17/21
Teens Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok May Be A Factor. - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 11/08/21
Facebook Faces Official Questions in India Over Policing of Hate Speech
WSJ 10/28/21
Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws
WSJ 10/05/21
Wall Street Journal Facebook Investigation and the Outrage Algorithm, Instagram's toxic nature for teen girls
09/21/2021
An algorithm that exaggerates the outrage online creating an angrier place on the internet is one of the findings of the WSJ Facebook Investigation. It shows broken policies, broken tech and broken management. The effects on women are equally insidious and dangerous for mental health.
Grouped Articles
The Facebook Files, Part 4: The Outrage Algorithm - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 09/20/21
WSJ 09/15/21
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
WSJ 09/14/21
Why Free Is Too High a Price for Facebook and Google
WSJ 06/08/19
WSJ 09/16/21
Biden’s Facebook Attack Followed Months of Frustration Inside White House
WSJ 07/18/21
Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy of Amazon- the growth story of cloud computing and online retail
02/04/2021
Grouped Articles
Andy Jassy’s Climb to Amazon CEO Shows the Cloud’s Rising Power
WSJ 02/03/21
Jeff Bezos Exits as CEO, but His Role at Amazon Will Likely Little Change
WSJ 02/04/21
Jeff Bezos to stand down as Amazon chief executive
The Times 02/04/21
Profile: Andy Jassy, the new Amazon boss taking over from Jeff Bezos
The Times 02/04/21
Amazon: End of an era but also the dawn of a new day
The Times 02/04/21
The vision of the European Union alive and well - Macron and Merkel in June 2020 responding to the pandemic
06/06/2020
Grouped Articles
Europe’s big two kiss and make up for pandemic rescue deal
The Guardian 06/06/20
Finance ministries around the world with trillions of dollars of aid packages for coronavirus and digital taxes
05/15/2020
Grouped Articles
Analysis | Why Digital Taxes Are the New Trade War Flashpoint
Washington Post 05/15/20
Great American Revival Industry Task Force
04/15/2020
The Trump Business task force has two tasks. How to respond to the economic damage from coronavirus and how to reopen the economy. The president is fine with reopening parts of the economy at a time, with the federal government working together with state governors - the least risk ones going first, the most risk ones coming last done on the advice of health experts. Testing and virus tracking are key issues in reopening the economy with systems that are both efficient and reliable needed for public to have confidence.
Grouped Articles
Business Leaders Urge Trump to Dramatically Increase Coronavirus Testing
WSJ 04/15/20
Surge in research in Artificial Intelligence
12/26/2019
Grouped Articles
Tech Giants Hunt for AI Startups—and the Brains Behind Them
WSJ 12/26/19
The funding model for Britain's Guardian newspaper
10/15/2019
Membership at about $6 a month for Supporters category and the Donate request are principal sources of revenue after advertising and subscriptions. The Supporters category asks people to support what will improve their lives and make them more secure in the process. The Donate category asks people to donate saying its costly to produce the quality reports and with fall off in advertising and other revenue readers contributions enable Guardian to provide this quality reporting and keep it accessible to all readers.
Grouped Articles
Guardian most trusted newspaper in Britain, says industry report
The Guardian 12/17/18
Digiday 10/15/19
More than a million readers contribute financially to the Guardian
The Guardian 11/05/18
Infrastructure a top U.S. priority in 2019
08/07/2019
Grouped Articles
Elizabeth Warren Calls for $85 Billion Investment in Public Broadband
WSJ 08/07/19
The U.S. response in the trade war with China
05/15/2019
Grouped Articles
Here’s how the U.S.-China trade war could end
POLITICO 05/15/19
Dow Sheds 800 in Biggest Drop of Year
WSJ 08/14/19
U.S., China to Sign Deal Easing Trade Tensions
WSJ 01/15/20
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